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Getting Back to Weigh-in Wednesdays
Weigh-in Wednesday already? In my heart I'm thinking ... the Christmas tree is still up there are goodies under the tree the smell of cardamom (Norwegian spice) is in the air But what better day to...
View ArticleMajor Winter Storm Pounds South, Heads East
A major storm system pounded the South on Christmas Day Tuesday and resulted in at least three deaths. The storms are now moving to the East.
View ArticleQOTD: How Was Your Christmas?
Day after Christmas. Oh, man. Is the wonder of it over already? Let's relive it a bit, shall we? Tell us how your Christmas holiday went. Anything funny happen? Did you give or receive an awesome...
View ArticleThe Top Seven Regrets of Pastors
I recently interviewed more than twenty pastors who had been in ministry for at least 25 years. Below are the top seven regrets noted in order of frequency. The first, lack of practical training for...
View ArticleXmas Reflections
Tonight, I long for God to finally finish what She’s started and what He’s promised. For sin and oppression to be righted. — Henry Michael Imler (@henryimler) December 25, 2012 Tonight, even though...
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Making Truth less inconvenient
The depths of man’s depravity are without limit. Some of us love our sin so much, we take God-breathed Scripture, manipulate it like clay, and fashion it into the most monstrous of creations. We fallen...
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Top 10 Posts of 2012
It has been a great year for Before The Cross. We surpassed 50,000 page views (quickly approaching 75k now), added a member to our team, and most importantly have been hearing from you on ways you...
View ArticleNew version of chess makes chess interesting
Add a touch of drama to your chess experience… (via The Poke)
View ArticleHappy Returns
Today the malls, plazas and superstores are all packed with people ‘returning‘ gifts that they received 24 hours earlier… the reasons vary: wrong size, wrong color, wrong style, duplicate item and the...
View ArticleMore governmental compassion
Our British cousins are having a debate about the medical inhumanity that can pop up anywhere but often comes with socialized medicine. Last month, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt spoke of the...
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Fervr’s top 5 videos of 2012!
We take a look at the most popular videos featured on Fervr this year.
View Article4 Times in Your Life When You Must Plan More Downtime
Okay, these “times in your life” may be a little unexpected but they are extremely powerful (and even scary for me.) I wrote them a while back for my own life but never shared them. They are questions...
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Life Lessons: Veneer Isn't Worth Anything
There was no reason to think the young child named George would be successful. Born a slave, he was orphaned when slave raiders kidnapped his mother. The couple who owned George took care of the sickly...
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The Geography of Hell
The Economist's year end special issue has a feature story about hell. What does the Bible say about hell?
View ArticleWhy I Don't Keep the Sabbath
Mat 22:36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Mat 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. Mat...
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Dealing with Difficult People
For some people, the holiday season means getting together with family, friends and acquaintances in close quarters. This should be a pleasant time, but often there are often tensions that seem to...
View ArticleStill Christmas
The sword pierces our hearts this year as we turn to the One who is Christmas. His dying to heaven was the beginning of our comfort, because that wasn’t the end of the story...
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